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SPECIFICATION To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that- I, AMOS RANK, Sn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and nsefulHa-rvesting-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in self-binding harvesting-machines in which an annular driving and supporting wheel of novel construction is employed, and with which a main frame,friction-rollers, and frictional driving-gearing of novel construction are combined.

My invention also relates to numerous other novel improvements and novel combinations, which are shown in the accompanying drawings, and which are more particularly set forth in the following description and claims. l

The objects of my improvements are, first, to reduce the weight of the machine; second, to lessen the cost of the machine; third, to diminish the draft of the machine; fourth, to lessen the noise of the machine; fifth, to increase the safety of the machine; sixth, to perfect the balance of the machine; seventh, to simplify the management of the machine; eighth, to increase the efficiency of the machine; ninth, to extend the durability of the machine, and, tenth, to lower the center of gravity of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of my improved annular driving and supporting wheel, which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same with the lower part broken away, so as to show a transverse section of the felly or rim. Fig. 3 is a side view (from the grain side) of my improved machine, certain parts being broken away and certain parts being omitted, showing details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 4 is a side view (from the grain side) of my improved machine, certain parts being omitted, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 5 is a front view of the front headpiece or front end piece of the main frame. Fig. 6 is a rear view of the rear head-piece or rear end piece forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,292, dated February 10, 1891. Application filed May 2, 1887. Serial No. 236,775. (No model.) I

tional view of the front end piece of the main frame at the line a: a: of Fig. 5. Fig,

8 is a plan or top view of the front end piece" of the main frame. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view of the rear end piece of the main frame at line a a of'Fig. 6. Fig. 1Q] is a side view (from the grain side) of my improved machine, certain parts being omit- 6o ted, showing details of construction andarrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 11 is a side view of the reel, reel-post, 850., from the stubble side, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts of thereel,whichwillbe hereinafter described. Fig. 12 is a rear View of the mechanism for raising and lowering the cutting apparatus, partly in section, certain parts being omitted which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 13 is a front View in elevation of my improved machine, certain parts being broken away and certain parts being omitted, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 14 is a side view (from the grain side) of the outer end of thegrttin-platform, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts of the outside grainboard, grain-wheel, &ci, which will be hereinafter described. Fig." 15 is a plan or top view of the grain-wheel and it the mechanism for raising and lowering the platform thereon, which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 16 is a plan or top'view of my improved machine, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 17 is a side view in elevation (from the stubble side) of myimproved machine, certain parts being omitted, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 18 is a front view in elevation of my improved machine, certain parts being broken away and certain parts being omitted, showing details of construction. and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 19 is arear view in elevation of my improved machine, certain parts being omitted, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 20 is a transverse sectional view of one form of myimproved finger-bar. Figs. 21 and 22 are views showing the construction of the friction-rollers and the bearings for the frictionroller shafts, which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 23 and 24 are views of the finger-bar cleaner, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 25 and 26 are views of parts of the driving-wheel, friction-wheel, and revolving cleaner, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 27 and 28 are views-of parts of the driving-wheel, friction-wheel, and plow-shaped shield, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 29 and 30 are views of modified forms of the driving-wheel, frictionwheel, and friction-rollers, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 31 and 32 are views of modified forms of the drivingwheel, the main friction gearwheel, &c., showing'details of construction and arrange ments of parts which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 33 and 34 are views of modified forms of the friction gear-wheel, frictionrollers, &c., showing details of construction which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 35 and 36 are views of the friction-roller shafts and bolts, showing details of construction which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 37, 38, and 39 are views of modified forms of the driving-wheel rim, showing details of construction which will be hereinafter described. Figs. 40, 41, and 42 are transverse sectional views of several forms of my improved finger-bar, showing details of construction which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 43 is a view in elevation of a part of the elevator, binding-platform, butter, and the butter-gearing, showing details of construction and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter described. Fig. 44: is a sectional view of the grain-board, lockingsleeve, and cranked rod, looking from the rearof the machine. Fig. 4.5 is a view of the locking-sleeve removed from the machine.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Obviously a number of my improvements may be used without the others, and they may be employed in machines somewhat differently constructed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The rim or felly of the annular main driving and supporting wheel A is constructed by bolting or riveting together side by side a series of ordinary bent wooden fellies A, each felly being in a single piece and placed in relation to each other, so as to break joints.

Between the two central fellies a flat cast or wrought iron or steel-plate ring is inserted and clamped, so that the inner edge of the same will project inwardly an inch or more and assist in stiffening and strengthening the rim of the wheel and form an inwardlyprojecting flange A for the friction-rollers D and the friction gear-wheel F to work astride of, as shown in the drawings,

After the series of fellies are bolted or riveted together and to the central flat plate-ring forming theinwardly-projecting flange an iron or a steel band A is placed on the inside of the rim or completed felly on each side of the flange and tightly againstit, which bands are fastened to the fellies with screws or bolts, forming a smooth continuous metal track for the friction gear-wheel and the frictionrollers to run on. These inside bands also further assist in stiffeningand strengthening the rim or felly. An outside band or tire A of iron or steel, is also bolted or screwed to the felly on the outside thereof, which also further assists in stiffening and strengthening the rim or completed felly, making it suffi ciently strong to support and drive the machine without hub or spokes. Ordinary spuds A, made of cast or wrought iron or steel, are bolted or screwed on the outside of the annular rim or driving-wheel after the tire is put on to prevent the slipping of the wheel when in use.

Instead of the inwardly-projecting flange on the driving and supporting wheel A a groove A might be formed in the felly, and instead of the groove in the friction gear-wheel and friction-rollers flanges might be formed on the same F and D as shown in Fi s. 29 and 30, which would also work effectively. The annular wheel A might also be castin one piece, or it might be made of T-shaped iron or steel in one piece, as shown in Figs. 37, 38, and .39, and also work effectively; but the wooden fellies constructed in the manner described are preferred.

The main frame consists of the two castmetal end pieces B and B and the four horizontal side bars E, and is constructed and arranged to surround the central opening of the annular driving and supporting wheel A, so as to provide an unobstructed space or opening through the wheel as long horizontally as the inside diameter of the wheel will permit and from one-third to one-half as high vertically in the center of the wheel, through which opening of the wheel and frame the cut grain is carried while being gaveled and bound, as will be hereafter more fully described. This is one of the characteristic features of myimproved harvesting-machine and allows the use of a'high driving-wheel of light construction, materially reducing the weight and draft of the the machine. It also allows the use of a very short or low elevator, materially reducing the weight, the draft, and the cost of the machine in consequence. It also allows the usev of a drivers foot-platform and a drivers seat immediately over the driving wheel and binding-platform, where the driver can readily see the working of the several parts of the machine, easily make the necessary adjustments of the reel and cutting apparatus,

and feel reasonably safe in his position as compared with the like position upon other The cast-metal end pieces 13 and B of the main frame, as shown in the drawings, have cast, cored, or drilled in them at each corner thereof horizontal sockets B one inch or more in diameter and twoor more inches in length, and into these sockets are inserted the ends of the horizontal side bars E of the main frame. These bars may be made of iron or steel and may have one or both ends threaded, so as to screw into their sockets, or they may be held by tightening-nuts E, as shown in the drawings, and the frame ends drawn up tightly against a collar or shoulder on said bars. These side bars may also be made of wood, if desired; but steel'or iron bars are preferred.

Before inserting the side bars E into their sockets in the end pieces of the main frame the friction sustaining-rollers D are mounted on their shafts D, the ends of said shafts are inserted in the friction-rollerbearin gs D and said bearings D are slipped onto said side bars E, as shown in the drawings. The bearings D may be held in place by means of setscrews, or suit-able keys or coiled springs E may be usedin front of said bearings, as shown in the drawings, to keep the friction-rollers working up snugly against the inside bands of the driving-wheel. They will work effectively either with or without the coiled springs;

but the use of the springs will prevent slack motion and noise. Leather or rubber washers D may also be used back of the bearings D as shown in the drawings. The object of the washers is to be able to take up the slack motion caused by the wear of the frictionrollers 1). Parts or all of said washers may be out and removed without taking the sidebars E of the main frameout of their sockets. The friction-roller shafts D may be made of iron or steel in the form shown in 35, and the fric- Lion-rollers D may also be made of iron orsteel, or they may be made of wood or rubber, or of iron and covered with leather or rubber, as shown in Fig. 34; but cast-iron is preferred. The friction-roller shafts D may also be made as a simple bolt or rod, as shown in Fig. 3b, and screwed or bolted into the bearings D and the friction-rollers D, mounted loosely on the shafts or rods; but the first-mentioned plan is preferred. The cast-metal end pieces B and B of the main frame have. also cast on or bolted or riveted to them at their upper and lower ends, on the grain side of the machine, vertical sockets or guides 13* for the vertical steel or iron posts or standards G to work up and down in. Two of these verticallyadjustable posts or standards are used in this case. They are made of iron or steel two inches or more in diameter and have feet or flat curved portions G formed on their low-er ends, by which they are rigidly bolted to the cutting-apparatus frame or grain-platform, one being bolted to theinner end of the finger-bar M and the other to the inner end of the grainplatform bar M, the feet G being made to stand in an oblique position 011 said bars, as shown in the drawings. These vertically-adjustable posts or standards G form the connection between the main frame and the cutting-apparatus frame and the means of raising and lowering the cutting apparatus and grain-platform and adjusting other parts of the machine connected therewith, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The cast metal end pieces B and B of themain frame have also cast, cored, or fastened to them vertical sockets and B to receive the ends of the flat spring-steel seat-support C, on which the drivers seat 0 is adjustably mounted, having an adjustable sliding sleeve C and set-screw C to hold the seat firmly in its adjusted position on the seat-support.

The drivers seat 0 is made of cast-iron in the usual form; but it may also be made of wood, if desired. B y being located above and somewhat back of the center of the main annular driving and supporting wheel A and by being made adjustable the driver may readily oversee the Working of the machine and adjust its several parts, easily guide the team, and arrange the seat according to his weight, so as to properly balance the machine under all circumstances.

The front cast-metal end piece B of the main frame has also cast on or attached toit near the top ears or bearings B for the tilting rock-shaft L to work in, which tilting rock-shaft will be hereinafter more fully described. It has also cast on it an ear, to which the lower end of the reel-post brace I? is pivoted, which brace will also be hereinafter more fully described.

The main friction or gear wheel F isv constructed in this instance in the form of two cast-iron cylinders or drums placed side by side on the same shaft F, just far enough apart to leave room for the inwardly-projecting flange A of the main driving and supporting wheel to work in freely. In this respect the construction and operation of the friction gear-wheel and the friction-rollers are alike, asis shown in the drawings.

The main friction or gear wheel F, like the friction-rollers D, works astride of the flange A or in a groove, as shown in the modified construction, but at all times rolls or works in the bottom of the main annular driving and supporting wheel A, so that the weight of the main frame and the parts necessarily attached to it, or which may be carried by it, are all thrown on and are borne by said main friction or gear wheel F and on the bottom of the main annular driving andsupporting wheelA or on that portion of said drivingwheel rim which may at the time be at the bottom or bearing on the ground. This lessens the strain upon the annular driving-wheel and increases the power of the friction gearwheel. The main friction or gear wheel F may also be made of wood or rubber or of Wood or iron and covered with leather or rubber, as is shown in Fig. 33, or it may be a gear-wheel with suitable flanges and having gearing on part of its face only and working with corresponding gearing on the inside of the rim of the main driving-wheel A, which would become necessary; or, in other words, it may be partly a gear-wheel and partly a friction-wheel, one half of the bearing-surface be provided with cogs and the other half be smooth, and the main driving-wheel be made to correspond, as is shown in the modified construction in Figs. 31 and 32; but the friction gear-wheel first described is preferred.

The shaft F of the main friction or gear wheel is made of steel or iron, and in addition to the two cylinders or drums F, constituting the friction-wheel, it has also mount-ed upon it between the two drums a grooved chainwheel or chain-drivi ng sheave F for actuating the revolving driving-wheel cleaner K, which will be hereinafter more fully described. The shaft F of the main friction or gear wheel F has also mounted upon it a sprocket-wheel F on the end extending toward the grain side of the machine for the purpose of driving the gearing which runs the reel, which will be hereinafter more fully described. The shaft F of the main friction or gear wheel has also mounted upon it two small bevel gear-wheels, one at each end thereof, that on the grain side of the machine F being for the purpose of runnin g the crank-shaft and actuating the sickle and that on the stubble side of the machine F being for the purpose of running the binding-gear shaft and actuating the carrying, elevating, gaveling, and binding mechanism, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The shaft F of the main friction or gear wheel is mounted in adjustable hanger-bearings F, which are placed on and suspended from the two lower side bars E of the main frame. They are made of cast-iron in two parts or sections, with suitable sockets corresponding to the side bars E of the main frame, and are connected and held together by means of the long bolt F ,-as shown in the drawings, or

by any other suitable means. The hangerbearings F are to be placed upon the lower side bars E of the main frame before or at the .time when the side bars are inserted into the horizontal sockets B of the end pieces of the main frame, and said bearings are made so that they may be moved slightly on the side bars, so as to increase or diminish the pressnm of the friction gear-wheel on the inside bands of the driving-wheels, and are to be held in place by means of strong set-screws,

" as is shown in the drawings, or by any other suitable means. I The revolving driving-wheel cleaner K consists of the two cylinders of wood or iron, mounted on a shaft of iron or steel, the cylin- -ders being provided with a series of stiff wire teeth or bristles like a brush.

Between the two cylindrical crushes on the cleaner-shaft is mounted a small chain-wheel to revolve in the opposite direction to that of I the main friction or gear wheel by means of the crossed driving-chain K running from the chain-wheel or chain-sheave F on the shaft of the main friction-gear wheel F between the two drums of the same to the chain-wheel on the shaft of the cleaner K, as is shown in the drawings.

Two parallel radial arms K, hinged at one end to the shaft of the main friction or gear wheel F-and at the other end forming the bearings for the shaft of the revolving cleaner K, keep the cleaner equidistant in advance of the main friction or gear wheel. By thus runningin advance of the friction-wheel and in the opposite direction to that of the friction-Wheel all dirt, gravel, or other obstructing matter is thrown off or removed from the track of the friction-wheel, and the injury and breakage of the machine and its parts are prevented.

Instead of the revolving cleaner K, a plowshaped shield K as shown in Figs. 27 and 28, may also be used in front of the main friction or gear wheel F to remove obstructing matter; but the revolving cleaner K first described is deemed preferable.

The vertically-adjustable posts or standards G, hereinbefore described, being bolted by the feet of the same to the cutting-apparatus frame and extending up through the vertical sockets B of the main frame, are held suspended and are raised and lowered by means of the hoisting-chains H and Hiwhich are attached at one end to said posts or standards G and at the other end to the hub or shaft of the hand-wheel H. The hoistingchain H connected with and which raises the front post or standard, runs forward along the top of the main frame and over a chain- 'pulley H at the upperleft-hand front corner of the main frame. The hoisting-chain I1 or standard, runs directly down from the hub or shaft of the hand-wheel. The hand-wheel H is mounted in this instance on a bearing pin or shaft H, which is suitably 'braced, and which is cast in or bolted to the upper left-hand rear corner of the main frame, and is provided on its inner side with a ratcheted hub, with which the gravity-pawl H works to hold the hand-Wheel from turning. The handwheel H is also provided with a hub or shaft on its front side of two different diameters H and H one section being made larger than the other for the purpose of winding up the chain attached to that part of the hub somewhat faster than the other, so as to raise or lower the outer end of the grain-platform the same as the inner end and to adjust both part of the hub of the hand-wheel H and runs I down in line with the rear post or standard G, and at the inner rear corner of the grainplatform runs under the chain-pulley H and under the grain-platform to the outer end of the same. Then it passes around under the chain-pulley H located at the bottom of the outside grain-board M", then runs up to the grain-wheel slide H and is connected with the cranked rod H which is screwed into said slide H 7 From the upper end of the gravity-pawl II a wire rod 11 extends forward to the foottreadle 11, located on the drivers foot-platform T, which platform will be hereinafter more fully described.

'lhegrain-wheel slide is made to work up and down freelyon the guide I-I ,which guide consists of two bolts or rods placed parallel with each other vertically on the grain-board. The cranked rod H which is screwed into the grainwheel slide H for the purpose of better coiling the chain on the rod, has on its rear end a squared section, and this crankrod has on it a sliding locking-sleeve H with a square hole in it to correspond with the squared part of the cranked rod. Then it is desired to shorten the chain running from the 'hub of the hand-wheel H to the grain-wheel slide H, the sliding locking-sleeve H on the cranked rod is slipped off the squared section, the rod is turn ed by means of the crank, which will wind up the chain, and thelocking-sleeve is slipped back onto the squared section of the rod to lock it and is left to rest in the groove H or seat formed in the outside grainboard for the purpose. The sliding sleeve is to be moved with the left hand, and may be moved forward or backward, so as to get it off the square section of the shaft, while with the right hand the attendant holds and turns the cranked rod as desired. The groove in the grain-board is to be made deep enough to allow the flat part or foot of the sliding sleeve to rest in it pretty snugly when the sleeve is on the squared section of the cranked rod, which rod can easily be sprung out sufficiently when sliding the sleeve on and off the squared section of the rod. This improvement is particularly useful when it becomes necessary to raise or lower the outer end of the grain-platform independently of the inner end, which is sometimes the case. hen the driver wishes to raise or lower the cutting apparatus at both ends, he takes hold of the handwheel II with his left hand, presses his foot against the treadle H, which will release the gravity-pawl H and by moving or turning the hand-wheel forward the cutting appara tus will be lowered and by moving or turning it backward the cuttingapparatus willbe raised, and by this novel and convenient arrangement of parts the inner and outer ends of the grain-platform may be easily and quickly raised or lowered at the same time from the drivers seat. As soon as the driver removes his foot from the treadle the gravitypawl will fall into action of its own gravity and keep the hand-wheel from turning. suitable spring may also be used in connection with the pawl, if desired.

To the front vertically-adj'ustable post or standard G the reel-post I is pivoted, so that when the posts or standards G and the cutting apparatus are raised orlowered the reel-post I will also be raised or lowered. The reel-post castingl', fastened to the front vertically-adjustable postor standard G, and to which the reel-post is pivoted, is. made of segmental form, with cogs or notches on its outer edge concentric to the pivot of the reel-post, and on the lower end of the reel-post is arranged a spring-catch or spring-bolt I to lock the reel-post as it is .moved on its pivot. At the upper end of the reel-post I, but at right angles thereto, on its front side, is fastened a similar casting I of segmental form, with cogs or notches on its outer edge concentric to the pivot of the reel-lever I. This reel-lever is stontly made and extends back alongside of v the drivers seat or within easy reach of the same. On the front end of this lever I, just back of its pivot on the reel-post, is pivoted a small bell-crank lever I, and from one arm .of this'bell-cran k lever a wire rod 1 extends to the spring-bolt at the bottom of the reel-post I, hereinbefore described, and from the other arm a wire rod 1 extends to the spring-bolt P located on the outerend of the reel-lever 1 This wire rod I extends also from the vertical arm of the bell-crank lever IOC to the hand-trigger on the rear end of the reel-lever I".

Back of the reel-post I, about one foot on the reel-lever I is firmly bolted or riveted a barrel or pipe bearing 1 for the reel-shaft in which the reel-shaftis made to revolve and on which reelshaft the overhanging reel is mounted. On the inner end of the reelshaft 1 is fastened a small bevel gear-wheel 1, and working with this bevel gear-wheel is a bevel gear-pinion 1 made to slide freely on the square or feathered iron reel-driving shaft 1 andrunning in a bearing arranged above the reel-shaft center. The reel-driving shaft 1 is mounted upon the reel-post I at its lower end or upon the front part of the main frame adjacent to the lower pivot of the reel-post, so as to avoid the torsion of the shaft or the binding of the coggearing when the reel-post is moved on its lower pivot concentric with the upper reel-shaft, and above it. is a suitable bearing for the upper reel-driving bevelpinion I to run in, and at the bottom of the reelpost, mounted on a suitable casting formed on or fastened to the front part of the main frame of the machine, is a sprocket bevel-wheel I, and near the lower end of the reel-driving shaft 1 is a kn uckle-joint, and on the lower end of the shaft is fastened the lower driving bevel-pinion 1 working in said sprocket bevel-wheel I J From the reel-driving sprocket-wheel F7 on the inner end ofthe main friction or gear wheel shaft and below the open space of the IIO driving-wheel and main frame the sprocketchain I makes connection with and drives the sprocket bevel-wheel I at the bottom of the reel-post I, so thatcwhen the machine moves forward the overhanging reel is made to revolve and bring the st-an ding grain to the sickle, and as the grain is cut to lay it back on the platform-carrier, which conveys it to the elevator, and the elevator and its connecting mechanism carry it up over the sprocket-chain and through the main driving and supporting wheel while being gaveled and bound.

When it is desired to adjust the overhanging reels, the driver takes hold of the rear end of the reel-lever I and, pulling thehandtrlgger on said lever, the single wire rod eX- tending from the hand-trigger to the bellcrank lever will actuate the bell-crank lever, and through it the two Wire rods actuatin g the spring bolts or catch es I and I at the top and bottom of the pivoted reel-post, and simultaneously release both catches, and the reel can then be raised or lowered or moved forward or backward at the same time by the use of a single lever, as shown and set forth. This is an advantageous arrangement of parts. One long wire rod is dispensed with, the cost and weight are slightly reduced, and the machine is made more simple and effective in practical operation.

The central wooden reel-shaft I and the reel-arms 1 and the reel-bats I are made in the usual manner, as is shown in thedrawlngs, and need not be particularly described, as no claims are made in this application upon the construction of these parts of the machine.

On the front end piece B of the main frame an ear is cast or bolted about in line with the lower pivot of the reel-post, to which the lower end of the reel-post brace I is pivoted, and at the other end said reel-post brace is bolted or riveted to the sliding sleeve 1 working on the reel-post I. Then the cutting apparatus is raised or lowered and the reel-post is moved up or down with the front post or standard G, the reel-post brace I will remain in the same position, allowing the reel-post I to move through the reel-post brace-sleeve I and still prevent the sagging of the reel-post- I, but said brace will swing on its pivot the same as. the reel-post, as is shown in the drawings.

The finger-bars M and M of my improved harvesting-machine are made by bolting or riveting together in reversed position two angle-iron or two angle-steel bars, sometimes using plain angle bars, and when extra strength is required-as, for instance, when making a wide cutting-machinetwo longitudinally-corrugated angle-iron bars bolted or riveted together in reversed position or two like bars of steel are used. Sometimes, also, strengthened bars constructed as above :set forth may be used in rear of the grainplatform instead of the wooden platform-bar M Sometimes, also, a core or filling of hard tough wood may be inserted and clamped between the angle-bars, which will further assist in stiffening and strengthening the same. i

From the finger-bar M in frontof the grainplatform and from the rear platform-bar M if necessary, stout iron or steel braces G extend to the vertically-adjustable posts or standards G, which greatly assist in preserving the rigidity of the cutting apparatus frame and the relations of the same and of the main frame of the machine to the main driving and supporting wheel Under the frame-work of the grainplatform diagonal iron braces M are arranged to extend from the four corners of the platform, which prevent the twisting or sagging of the same when in use. The ends of the braces are threaded and provided with nuts, so that they may be tightened when necessary.

The grain-platform is provided with the endless canvas platform-carrier O, which is made in the usual manner, with a wooden roller at each end,having iron orsteel shafts or gudgeons and wooden cleats or slats fastened to the outside of the endless canvas belt, and being operated, as will'be hereinafter more fully described, to carry the cut grain to the mouth of the elevator, which is located next to the main driving and supporting wheel A, which elevator will also be hereinafter more fully described.

On the top of the finger-bar is arranged an endless-belt finger-bar cleaner P, which consists of one long shaft or roller next to the platform-carrier O of several inches diameter and another long shaft or roller of smaller diameter next to the sickle, both being arranged parallel with the fingerbar and being provided with suitable bearings at each end. Over these shafts or rollers an endless canvas belt P is made to revolve, forming an inclined carrier for moving back and depositing on the platform-carrier O the short grain and grass which sometimes hang upon the linger-bar and cause imperfect working of the sickle and the platform-carrier. This fingerbar cleaner P is operated from the bevel gear-wheel fastened on the front end of the shaft of the inner roller of the platform-carrier and meshes with and drives a corresponding bevel gear-wheel or a miter gear-wheel on the rear or larger shaft or roller of the cleaner, as is shown in the drawings.

The cast-ing P forming the bearings for the cleaner shafts or rollers at the inner end of the grain-platform, is made with a wide flange, which forms a cover for the gearing actuating the finger-bar cleaner, as is shown in the drawings.

The elevator of my improved harvestingmachine is somewhat similar to the elevators now in use on other self-binding machines, in that it consists of two endless canvas carriers and 0, both running'inwardly on shafts or rollers mounted in suitable hearings in the side pieces of the elevatorfra1ne and carrying the grain up between them; but as the cut grain is carried through the driving wheel A and main frame in myimproved ma- 5 chine while being gaveled and bound the grain need only be elevated about two feet, and the elevator is therefore much shorter or lower and lighter than those now in use in machines where the grain must be elevated to four or five feet and carried up over the main driving and supporting wheel. in my improved machine is also hinged at its lower end concentric with the shaft of the inside roller of the platform-carrier O, and at [5 its upper end has a hinged connection with the binding platform or table 0 which will be hereinafter more fully described. The binding platform or table is made of a width corresponding to the width of the central opening or open space in the annular driving and supporting wheel A and main frame hereinbefore described and is arranged to hang or stand at an angle with the top of the elevator leaning toward the main driving-wh eel, the grain being discharged out of the upper end of the elevator onto the binding platform or table 0 where the open space in the driving-wheel is the widest and where the grain may easily be carried squarely through the 0 wheel and frame while being gaveled and bound.

The binding platform or table 0 of my improved harvesting-machine is placed in the open spaces hereinhefore described and is hinged at its inner and upper end to the upper end of the elevator-frame concentric to the shaft of the upper roller of the lower elevator 0 and at its lower end rests upon -or is attached to short arms 0 which are hinged to the lower right-hand side bar E of the main frame of the machine. The binding platform or table may also be arranged to rest its lower end directly on said side bar E of the main frame and move around the 5 shaft of the binder-gearing, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

The binding platform or table 0 is arranged in the open space of the' driving-wheel and main frame in this instance, with the upper or inner end somewhat higher than the lower or outer end; but it may also be arranged and kept in said space in nearly a level position, if desired,the lower end being hinged and moving around the binding-gear center and the upper end moving up and down in the are of a circle from the lowerhinge. hen the cutting apparatus is raised or lowered, it will thus move up or down with it.

The binding platform or table 0 is provided with an endless canvas butter 0 constructed in about the usual manner, and has connected with it a suitable hand-lever 0 extending up through the foot-platform T near the drivers seat 0 for the purpose of moving or adjusting the same. The butter 0 is operated by means of the bevel gearwheel 0 fastened on the forward end of the The elevator upper roller-shaft of thelower elevator, which drives a corresponding bevel gear-wheel on" the lower end of the upper shaft or roller of the butter, as is shown in the drawings.

The gearing and other mechanism used In my improved harvcsting-machine in connection with my improved binding platform or table 0 hinged at both ends for gaveling, binding, and discharging the cut grain, '13 about the same as that in use upon other machines known as elevator-binders, and as is shown in the drawings; but in my improved machine some of the parts are arranged and combined differently, and owing to the peculiar general construction of my machine the elevating, gaveling, binding, and discharging mechanisms are made and arranged to suit the new and novel construction.

The gaveling and binding gearing and the frame-work of the same are attached to the hinged binding platform or table 0 partly above and partly below said platform, but so arranged around the upper bindinggear shaft that when the bindingplatform is moved on its hinges the gaveling, binding, and discharging mechanisms will move with it and in all positions remain in their proper relations to each other.

The binding-gear frame Q is hinged at its lower end around the center of the lower righthand side bar E of the main frame, and at the upper end it is connected by double-hinged arms Q with the upper right-hand side bar E of the main frame. This makes a strong well-braced construction for the binding-gear frame, and being hinged, as shown and set forth, each part readily adapts itself to the other when the cutting apparatus is raised or lowered, and the binding-platform O is moved accordingly.

The packers Q and the automatic trip Q and the dividing and discharging devices Q and Q are made in any of the well-known ways and need not be particularly described, as no claims are made in this application on the construction of these parts of the machine.

The bar Q, carrying the retaining-springs, is made of a section of pipe and is mounted upon the upper right-hand side bar E, of the main frame, as is shown in the drawings. W

This bar may also be attached to said side bar of the main frame by suspending straps or hooks of suitable form, and also work effectively.

The upper binding-gear shaft, running under the hinged bindingplatform 0 has keyed to its forward end a sprocket-wheel Q which is driven by a sprocket-chain connected with a corresponding sprocket-wheel keyed on the front end of the lower binding-gear shaft, which is mounted in hanger-bearings Q, attached to or suspended from the lower righthand side bar E of the main frame, and has a loose bevel-gear pinion on it in mesh with and which is driven by the bevel gear-wheel F 011 the main friction-wheel shaft and drives the lower binding-gear shaft Q when thrown into gear by moving the connected clutches on said shaft into gear with the pinion and sprocket-wheel on the same shaft,

On the rear end of the lower binding-gear shaft Q is placed the loose sprocket-wheel R, which is made to drive the platform-carrier O and the elevator-carriers O and O by throwing the connected clutches into gear with the bevel-pinion and sprocket-wheel, as above set forth.

To the main friction or gear wheel hangerbearings F and on each side of the main friction-wheel F and outside of the main driving and supporting wheel A are pivoted the.

rear ends of the tongue-ironsLand L These tongue-irons extend forward past the rim of the main driving-wheel A and are rigidly bolted at their forward ends, one on each side, to the tongue L. This forms a pivoted tongue with its pivot in direct line with the middle of the driving-wheelAand the outside grain-wheel 1-1, the pivot also being below the center of the annular driviug and supporting wheel A. On this pivot the machine is easily and squarely rocked or tilted.

In the ears B on the front end piece B of the main frame the rock-shaft L is arranged, one arm (the one on the left-hand side) of which entendsoutward horizontally over the tongue L and is connected with the tongue by an iron strap or rod L. The other arm (the one on the right-hand side) extends upward and is attached to the hand-lever L the upper end of which extends back at an angle within easy reach of the drivers seat. At

the lower end of the lever a suitable rack L is bolted to the main frame, and the lever has on its lower end a spring-bolt L working in said rack. A hand-trigger L on the upper end of this hand-lever and connected by a wire rod L with the springbolt L at the lower end of the lever enables the driver to release the spring-bolt by pulling the trigger and to rock or tilt the machine and raise or lower the front edge of the grain-platform, finger-bar, (be. By this means the height of out and the pitch of the guard-fingers can readily be changed as maybe desired by the driver. The driver can also materially assist in tilting or rocking the machine by throwing his own weight forward or backward in the seat 0, attached to the rocking main frame of the machine.

On each side of the drivers seat 0 and within easy reach of the driver is arranged a long spring-steel shipper-rod, the one on the right-hand side Q extending down in rear of the binding-platform to the connected clutches Q on the lower binding gear-shaft Q, and the one on the left-hand side S ex tending down in rear of the elevator-frame to the connected clutches S on the crankshaft M 130th of these shipper rods or levers are pivoted to the lower part of the rear end piece of the main frame, and are provided at their upper end with suitable ratchets or-racks S which are fastened to the upper part of the rear end piece of the main frame, as is shown in the drawings. The

clutches on said shafts are suitably connected by a single rod or by reversing-rods,orotherwise, so as to be moved into orout of gear together. The shipper-rods hold the connected clutches and their connecting-gearing in or out of action as may be desired by the driver. One of these shipper rods or levers and its connecting-gearing may be in action while the other may be out of action, so that the cutting, carrying, and elevating mechanism may be run while the gaveling and binding mechanism may be at rest.

WVhen the clutches are provided with beveled or saw-like teeth, the long steel shipperrods will allow the backing of the machine, the clutches acting like ratchets. When the machine is moved backward, the general machinery will be stopped, the spring-steel shipper-rods springing sufficiently to allow the clutches to slip past the catches or teeth on the same. The connected clutches may be made in any of the well-known ways and work effectively.

The sprocket-wheel R on the rear end of the crank-shaft and the sprocket-Wheel R on the rear end of thelower binding gear-shaft and the bevel-pinions on both shafts are necessarily mounted loosely on their respective shafts and run loosely on the shafts when the connected clutches working with them are thrown out of gearand those on the opposite side being in gear and at work. The gearing on both sides of the main friction or gear wheel being the same size, both sides can be thrown into gear at the same time, and the strength and steadiness'of the machine thus increased when in operation.

The sprocket-chain R, which "drives the platform-carrier O, the two elevator-carriers O and 0 the butter, and the gaveling,binding, and discharging meehanism, is in the form of an endless belt and is arranged to run as follows: commencing at the loose sprocket-wheel R on the rear end of the 'lower binding gear-shaft and under it and under the sprocket-wheel R on the rear end of the crank-shaft, then up over the sprocketwheel R on the rear end of the lower rollershaft of the upper elevator -carrier, then around under the sprocket-wheel R on therear end of the inside roller-shaft of the platform-carrier, then up over the sprocketwheel R on the rear end of the upper shaft of the lower elevator-carrier, and then down to the beginning place and around the sprocket-wheel first named, as is shown in the drawings.

A suitable chain-tightener is used to take up the slack, as is shown in the drawings.

The foot-platform T for the driver maybe made with the :boards of the same placed tightly together or somewhat openly, with spaces between the bottom boards of an'inch or more in Width, through which spaces the TIO driver may observe the working of those parts of the machine immediately under the footplatform. The bottom boards of the footplatform are placed crosswise above and extend over the upper side bars E of the main frame several inches on each side and are nailed or screwed to wooden cleats or battens T which battens are so placed as to rest against the inside of the upper side bars E of the main frame, and which prevents the footplatform T from slipping out of place. The

' cover or hood T over the top of the main driving and supporting wheel A is made of two side boards of semicircular shape and connected by an arching sheet-iron cover, which is then set over the top of the wheel and fastened to the foot-platform T by suitably-constructed pins T and hooks T \Vith this platform constructed as set forth, and as shown in the drawings, the position of the driver sitting in the seat 0 and with his feet resting on the foot-platform T, one foot placed on each side of the covered or hooded main driving and supporting wheel, will be very easy,convenient, and comparatively safe.

The overdeck O flconnected with the elevator-frame of my improved hai'vestingmachine, is made in about the usual form, as is shown in the drawings, and need not be particularly described.

It is designed to use with my improved harvesting-machine a binder-shifter, a tightener for the platform-carrier, a bundle counter and carrier, a hinged and folding grain-platform, &c.; but as none of these improvements form any part of this application they need not be herein described.

Having described my improvements embraced in this application, I claim- 1. In an annular driving and supporting wheel for harvesters, the combination of the series of bent wooden fellies, each felly being in a single piece and bolted or riveted together side by side, as set forth, the central stilfening and trussing fiat metal plate-ring inserted and clamped between the two central fellies, forming an inwardly-projecting flange, and the inside bands of steel or iron, one being placed on each side of the flange, forming a smooth continuous metal track for the friction gear-wheel and the friction-rollers to run on, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an annular driving and supporting wheel for harvesters, the combination of the series of bent wooden fellies, each felly being in a single piece and bolted or riveted together side by side, as set forth, the central stiffening and trussing flat metal plate-ring inserted and clamped between the two central fellies, the inside steel or iron track-bands, one being placed on each side of the flange, and the outside steel or iron tire, substantially as shown and described.

3. In an annular driving and supporting wheel for harvesters, the combination of the series of bent wooden fellies, each felly being in a single piece and bolted or riveted together side by side, as set forth, the central stiffening and trussing flat metal plate-ring inserted and clamped between the two central fellies, the inside steel oriron track-bands, one being placed on each side of the flange, the outside steel or iron tire, and the metal spuds cast on or riveted to the tire, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a self -binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, and the two-part frictional sustaining-rollers mounted on shafts running in movable bearings arranged on the side bars of said main frame, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the two-part frictional sustaining rollers mounted in movable bearings arranged on the side bars of said main frame, and the two-part main friction-wheel mounted on a shaft hungin adjustable bearings attached to the lower side bars of said main frame, substantially as shown and described.

6; In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the main friction-wheel, and the revolving cleaner made to revolve in the opposite direction to that of the friction-wheel and in advance of the same, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving'and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the pas sage of the grain through said wheel" and frame, the main friction-wheel, the frictional sustaining-rollers, and the revolving cleaner, substantially as shown and described. S. In a harvestingsmachine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the main friction-wheel mounted on a shaft running in hanger-bearings attached to the lower side bars of said main frame, the frictional sustaining-rollers mounted on a shaft running in movable bearings placed on the side bars of said main frame, and the coiled springs placed on said side bars between the stops and the sliding bearings, substantially as shown and described.

9. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the main friction-wheel, the frictionwheel shaft, the hanger-bearings for the same attached to the lower side bars of said main frame, the revolving cleaner moving in advance of said main. friction-wheel, the friction sustaining-rollers, the friction -roller shafts, the movable bearings for the same, the rubber or leather washers back of said bearings, and the coiled springs pressing against said last-named hearings to keep the friction-rollers in constant contact with the inside bands of said driving-wheel, substantially as shown and described' 10. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the grain-wheel attached to the sliding sleeve moving up and down on the vertical guide, constructed as set forth, and the cranked rod screwed into the sliding sleeve to raise and lower the outer end of the grainplatform independently of the inner end of the same, substantially as shown and described.

11. In a harvesting-machine,the combination of the grain-wheel, the sliding sleeve, the vertical guide, the cranked rod threaded at its forward end and working in the sliding sleeve to wind up the grain-wheel chain, and the locking-sleeve on the rear end of the cranked rod to keep it from turning and to hold the grain wheel in its adjusted position, substantially as shown and described.

12. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the hand-wheel and its ratchet, pawl,

and treadle, the chains connected with the.

standards bolted to the inside of the grainplatform, the chain running to the outer end of the grain-platform, the grain-Wheel, the grainwheel slide, the vertical guide, the cranked rod, and the locking-sleeve on said rod, substantially as shown and described.

13.v The main frame for a harvesting-machine, consisting of the two cast-metal end pieces. conforming somewhat to the form of the driving-wheel at each side thereof and having horizontal sockets cast or cored in each corner of the same and the four horizontal parallel steel or iron side bars threaded at one or both ends and screwed or,bolted into the sockets of said end pieces, substantially as shown and described.

14. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged as set forth, the arched steel seat-sup port having its ends inserted into the sockets of the cast-metal end pieces of the main frame,

the adjustable seat mounted thereon, the foot-platform resting upon the upper side bars of the main frame, and the housing covering the top of the driving-wheel, substantially as shown and described.

15. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged as set forth, the hanger-bearings for the main friction-wheel, mounted on or bolted to the lower side bars of the main frame, and the tongue-irons pivoted to the hanger-bearings outside of the wheel at their rear ends and rigidly bolted to the tongue on each side thereof at their forward ends, substantially as shown and described.

16. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and ar ranged as set forth, the hinged tongue pivoted to the hanger-bearings mounted on the lower side bars, of the main frame, and the tilting rock-shaft mounted inears cast on the front end piece of the main frame,onearm connected by an iron strap with the tongue and the other arm fastened to thelower end of a hand lever and provided with a suitable ratchet and hand-trigger by means of which the main frame and cutting apparatus may be rocked or tilted, substantially as shown and described.

17. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame, the reel-post mounted on the vertically-adjustable standard bolted at its lower end to, the finger-bar, the reel-post brace with its sliding sleeve,,and the brace extending from the front vertical standard to the finger-bar, substantially as shown and described.

18. In a harvestirig-machine, the combina tion of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame, the vertically-adjustable standards, the reel-post, the reel-post brace, the finger-bar, the vertical standardbrace, the hand-lever for moving the reel-post on its pivot, the hand-wheel, and the chains running from the hand-wheel to the stand ards to raise and lower the standards, and

through them the reel-post, substantially as shown and described.

19. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged as set forth and having vertical sockets at the four corners thereof on the grain side of the machine, the adjustable vertical standards working up and down through the sockets and fastened at theirlower ends to the. finger-bar and adjustable grain-platform, the reel-post pivoted to the front standard, the vibrating hand-lever pivoted at its front end to the top of the reel-post, and the overhanging reel mounted on the reel-shaft runningin a pipe-bearing bolted tothe hand-lever back of its connection with the post,substantially as shown and described. 1

20. In a harvesting-machine, the co1nbination of the reel-post pivoted at its lower end to the vertically-adjustable standard, the vi- ITO brating hand-lever pivoted to the top of the reel-post, the overhanging reel and reel-shaft mounted on the hand lever, the reel-post brace, with its sliding sleeve, working on the post, and the standard-brace, substantially as shown and described.

21. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the reel-post pivoted at its lower end to the vertically-adjustable standard, the vibrating hand-lever pivoted to the top of the reel-post, the overhanging reel and reel-shaft mounted on the hand-lever, the reel-post brace with its sliding sleeve working on the post, the standard-brace, the bell-crank lever mounted on the hand-lever just back of the post, the notched segmental castings and spring-bolts working with the same at the top and bottom of the post, the hand-trigger, and

the single wire rod running from the handtriggerto the bell-crank lever to actuate the bell-crank lever, and through it to release both spring-bolts to adjust the reel, substantially as shown and described.-

22. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged as set forth, the main friction-wheel, the friction-wheel shaft running in hanger-bearings adjustably mounted on the lower side bars of the main frame, the bevel-wheel on the inner end of said shaft, the crank-shaft and its hanger-bearings, the bevel-pinion and the clutches on said shaft connecting with the cutting mechanism and the conveying mechanism, and the long spring-steel shipper-rod connected with the clutches at its lower end and extending to the upper rear partof the main frame alongside of the drivers seat to throw the cutting apparatus in and out of gear, substantially as shown and described.

23. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the adjustable grain-platform, the platform-carrier, the hinged elevator, the binding-platform, and the mechanism for I gaveling and binding the grain while passing through said wheel and frame, substantially as shown and described.

24. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel.

and frame, the vertically-adjustable grainplatform, the platform-carrier, the hinged elevator, the hinged binding-platform, and the mechanism for raising and lowering the grainplatform and moving the elevator and binding-platform on their hinges at the same time, substantially as shown and described.-

25. In a self-binding harvesting-machine,

the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the Wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the adjustable grain-platform, the platform carrier, the hinged elevator, the

hinged binding-platform, the overhanging reel, and the mechanism for adjusting the several parts, substantially as shown and described.

26. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supportingwheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for thepassage of thegrain through said wheel and frame, the main friction gear-wheel, the friction rollers, the vertically adjustable grain-platform, the platform-carrier, the finger-bar cleaner, the hinged elevator, the binding-platform hinged to move around the gavcling and binding-gearing, the overhanging reel, the mechanism for raising and lowering the grainplatform, the mechanism for adj usting the reel, and the mechanism for rocking or tilting the machine,substantially as shown and described.

27. In a self-binding harvesting-machine,

the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the Wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the friction-rollers, the friction gear-wheel, the gear-wheel shaft, the bevel gear-wheel on the outer end of said shaft for driving the binding-gear, the lower bindinggear shaft, the bevel pinion on said shaft,the

sprocket-wheel on the front end of said shaft,

and the sprocket-chain connecting with and driving the upper binding-gear shaft located immediately under and connected with the hinged binding-platform, said platform extending through the open space in said driving and supporting wheel, substantially as shown and described.

28. In a self-binding harvesting-machine, the combination of the annular driving and supporting wheel, the main frame constructed and arranged to surround the wheel, as set forth, so as to provide a wide clear space for the passage of the grain through said wheel and frame, the main friction gear-- Wheel mounted on the shaft running in movable hanger-bearings on the lower side bars of the main frame, the bevel gear-wheel on the outer end of the gear-wheel shaft, thelower bindin g-gear shaft, the bevel-pinion and connected clutches on said shaft, and the long springsteel shipper-rod pivoted to the lower part of the rear end piece of the main frame and its upper end extending up in rear of the bind ing-platform alongside of the drivers seat to throw the gaveling and binding mechanism into and out of action, substantially as shown and described.

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